If you're seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You're just fighting different kinds of battles -

Would to God, brethren, I could tell you WHO I am! Would to God I could tell you WHAT I know! But you would call it blasphemy and want to take my life!

I had a role in developing the doctrine From the Sea, which was later modified to Forward From the Sea. But the way we looked at the situation was that the world we live in is a dangerous place. There's a violent peace out there, there are going to be problems over the horizon, and certainly that proved to be true.

[I]t is contrary to the economy of God for any member of the Church, or any one, to receive instruction for those in authority, higher than themselves . . . if any person have a vision or a visitation from a heavenly messenger, it must be for his own benefit and instruction; for the fundamental principles, government, and doctrine of the Church are vested in the keys of the kingdom.

[A]ll will be raised by the power of God, having spirit in their bodies, and not blood.

There were a lot of people who were willing to write a letter for me. Not because I was academically inclined, but because I worked hard.

I didn't become successful until I became myself